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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 3/2019

01-03-2019 | Nosocomial Infection | Editorial

Ten tips for the intensive care management of transplanted lung patients

Authors: Tobias Welte, Catherine Ingels, Jordi Rello

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 3/2019

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Complications following lung transplantation (LTx) are diverse and range from immunologic reactions to cancerous malignancies. The correct identification of the causative pathology requires a purposive diagnostic strategy that considers all these possibilities (Fig. 1). Here, we present ten general tips for the intensive care management of post-LTx patients. However, case-by-case decisions on volume therapy and ventilator strategies should be obtained in a specialized center. …
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Metadata
Title
Ten tips for the intensive care management of transplanted lung patients
Authors
Tobias Welte
Catherine Ingels
Jordi Rello
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05578-1

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